ROBERT W. DUNNING 2 Whitleigh Court Arden, NC 28704 rdunning@unca.edu EDUCATION 1987 M.F.A. in Printmaking, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1979 B.F.A. in Painting and Drawing and Teacher Certification from East Carolina University, Greenville, NC TEACHING 2014 - ongoing Professor, Department of Art, UNC Asheville 2004 2009 Department Chair and Professor, Department of Art, UNC Asheville 1997 2008 Associate Professor, Department of Art, UNC Asheville 1990 1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Art, UNC Asheville 1989 Assistant Professor in Printmaking, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (Summer) Lecturer, Department of Art, UNC Asheville (Summer) Lecturer in Art, Tanglewood Summer Studio, Department of Drama, UNC Asheville 1988 1989 Lecturer in Art, Department of Art, UNC Asheville 1988 Assistant Professor of Art, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (Summer) Adjunct Instructor, Department of Art, UNC Asheville (Summer) 1987 1988 Adjunct Instructor in Fine Arts, UNC Asheville (Printmaking I-IV, Basic Design, Inanimate Drawing, Special Topics) Adjunct Instructor in Fine Arts, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (Art Appreciation, Life Drawing) 1987 Printmaking Instructor, Indiana University Summer Arts Institute, Bloomington, IN 1985 1987 Associate Instructor in Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1982 1984 Art Instructor and Assistant Director of the Drama Program, Millbrook High School, Raleigh, NC 1980 1982 Art Instructor, North Garner Junior High School, Garner, NC RESEARCH, EXHIBITION, AWARDS 2013 Rick Beck & Robert Dunning - Showcase Gallery, Blue Spiral 1: October 10 December 31 UNC Asheville Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville Gallery Representation: Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC (ongoing) 2012 The Vocabulary of Printmaking: It s Origins and Techniques, A Decade of Surfaces (Solo Exhibition), Norvell Gallery, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC National Drawing Invitational Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Gallery Representation: Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC (ongoing)
UNC Asheville Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville 2011 Counterparts, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery (Group Exhibition), Asheville, NC UNCA Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville 2010 Paul Hartley The Man and His Legacy (an invitational exhibition honoring the memory of former East Carolina University professor. Some of Hartley's paintings and c. 200 works by selected former students were included in the exhibit.), Greenville Museum of Art, NC The Paul Hartley Legacy (an invitational exhibition honoring the memory of former East Carolina University professor. Some of Hartley's paintings and c. 200 works by selected former students were included in the exhibit.), Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC UNCA Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville Handmade: The Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture and Design Expo. June 25 26, North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville NC, handmadeinamerica.org/designexpo New X Three, New Year, New Artists, New Year! (January 2010), Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC Ongoing Group Exhibition, Blue Spiral 1 Second Floor Gallery, Asheville, NC 2009 UNCA Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville 2008 Robert Dunning (Solo Exhibition), Flood Gallery and Fine Art Center, Asheville, NC 2007 29 th Annual Paper in Particular 2008 National Juried Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO 35 th Annual Toys Designed By Artists National Juried Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Sam Strauss Sr. Gallery, Little Rock, AR Engraving 2007 (National Invitational Engraving Portfolio), McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Permanent Collection, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Permanent Collection, McNeese State University, Department of Visual Arts, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Permanent Collection, Southern Graphics Council, Art Department, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS Permanent Collection, Spencer Art Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Shared Inspiration Exhibition (The Art of the Exchange Portfolio), Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Racine, WI Exhibition: Engraving 2007, Art Associate Gallery, Central School, Lake Charles, LA Exhibition: Engraving 2007 (Portfolio Exchange), Hyatt Regency, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Kansas City, MO Exhibition: Engraving 2007, Johnson Gallery, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO UNCA Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville 2006 UNCA Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville
UNCA Faculty/Student Exhibition, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC UNCA Faculty Exhibition, Grove Arcade Arts And Heritage Gallery, Asheville, NC 2005 To Open Eyes, Artists Who Teach: Selections from the Collection, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 2005 UNCA Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville, NC LaGrange National 2004 Biennial, LaGrange, GA Two Person Juried Exhibition, Asheville Arts Council Gallery, Asheville, NC UNCA Faculty/Student Invitational Exhibition, Black Mountain Arts Center, Black Mountain, NC State of the Art 2004: Juried Fine Art Competition, Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC UNCA Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville 2003 North Carolina Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design (WNC UNC Faculty Student Invitational Mixed Media Exhibition), Hendersonville, NC UNCA Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UNC Asheville Contemporary Western North Carolina Works on Paper, Holden Gallery, Asheville Art Museum Purchase award for the Asheville Art Museum s permanent collection UNCA Art Faculty Invitational Exhibition, Arts Center, Hendersonville, NC 2002 Invitational Mixed Media Exhibition, The Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Kellogg Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UNC Asheville 2001 National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, McNeese State University Gallery, Lake Charles, LA. Solo Exhibition (Recent Work), Art Associates Gallery, Central School Arts and Humanities Center, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC Western North Carolina 2001 Endings and Beginnings Millennial Exhibition. Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. Guest Curator: Matthew Drutt, Guggenheim Museum, NY Celebrating Creativity in Western North Carolina Faculty Exhibition. Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Hendersonville NC 2000 Solo Exhibition (Mixed Media Paintings), Weinzenblatt Gallery, Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC 1999 Solo Exhibition (Mixed Media Paintings), Locklear Gallery, University of North Carolina- Pembroke, Pembroke, NC Solo Exhibition (Mixed Media Works), Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
1998 11 th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UNC Asheville Solo Exhibition, Blowers Gallery, Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville 1997 23 rd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Shelby Art League, Shelby NC UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UNC Asheville 1996 UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UNC Asheville Current artwork being represented by Summerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC Durham Arts Guild 41 st Annual Juried Competition, Durham, NC, Juror: Willem de Looper, Chief Curator, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC 1995 McNeese State University National Printmaking Invitational Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA Two Person Exhibition Sculpture and Prints, Sims Gallery, Brevard College, Brevard, NC Prints and the Paper (1995 National Juried Competition), San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA Fourteenth Annual Southeastern Spectrum (National Juried Competition), Sawtooth Center, Winston Salem, NC, Niagara-Murray Purchase Award Southeastern Spectrum Traveling Exhibition, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC Mixed Media (1995 National Juried Competition), Slidell Cultural Center, Slidell, LA 1994 Solo Exhibition Recent Constructions, Bergen Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA ARC National Print Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL Lewis Rathburn Wellness Center Competition, Asheville, NC, Purchase Award The Seventh Annual International Exhibition on Animals in Art, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Honorable Mention Book Arts (National Juried Exhibition), Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA Paper In Particular (The Fifteenth Annual National Works On Paper Exhibition). Columbia College, Columbia, MO UNCA Art Faculty Exhibition, Four Seasons Arts Council Gallery, Hendersonville, NC 1993 UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UNC Asheville Eighth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Parkside Kenosha, WI Dimensions 1993 (Thirtieth Annual National Juried Painting Drawing and Sculpture Competition), Sawtooth Gallery, Winston Salem, NC Fifteenth Annual International Show, Montana Miniature Art Society, Billings, MT Constructions, Drawings, and Paintings (Three-Person Exhibition), Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
National Small Works Exhibition, Scholarie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY, Juror: Ann Philbin, Director of the Drawing Center, New York, NY Twelfth Annual Henley Southeastern Spectrum, Sawtooth Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC 1992 Outstanding Alumni Exhibition of the East Carolina University School of Art, Greenville, NC UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Friedholm Fine Arts, Asheville, NC Spirit Square Atrium, Charlotte, NC Two Person Exhibition, Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC Selected Works (37th Annual Juried Art Exhibition), Durham Art Guild, Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC 1991 37 th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC, Juror: Sarah Faunce, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY Kansas 16 th Annual National Small Painting and Drawing Exhibition 1990 UNCA Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Friedholm Fine Arts, Asheville, NC Mountain Arts Consortium, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC Tri-State Sculpture Exhibition, Broadway Arts Building, Asheville, NC "Small is Beautiful" Exhibition, Friedholm Fine Arts, Asheville, NC Solo Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 1989 Solo Exhibition, Walker Arts Center, The Asheville School, Asheville, NC Solo Exhibition, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC Eighth Annual Henley Southeastern Spectrum National Painting and Drawing Competition, Winston Salem, NC "The Decade Of The Eighties" (Invitational Exhibition), Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, Catalog foreword by John Perreault 1988 Dimensions 88 (25 th Annual National Juried Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition), Sawtooth Gallery, Winston Salem, NC 3 rd Annual Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Lenoir, NC, Honorable Mention University of North Carolina at Asheville Art Faculty Exhibit, Dalton, GA 1987 Annual October Juried Exhibition, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC UNCA Studio Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, Owen Hall, UNC Asheville WCU Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 1986 Indiana University Printmaking in New Zealand and Australia. June: July: August: Dunedin Polytechnic School of Art, Otega University, NZ Christ Church, Elam School of Art, Canterbury University, NZ Auckland Elam School of Art, Auckland University, NZ
September: Contemporary Art Society and South Australia School of Art, Adelaide October: West Australia School of Advanced Education 1984 Henley Southeastern Spectrum (National Painting Drawing Competition), Winston Salem, NC Wake County Visual Artist Exhibition, Raleigh, NC 1983 Shelby Art League National Painting and Drawing Competition, Shelby, NC, Media Award Durham Arts Council Competition, Durham, NC, Media Award Rocky Mount Arts Center Annual Competition, Rocky Mount, NC, Second Place Drawing Rocky Mount Arts Center Annual Competition, Rocky Mount, NC, First Place and Honorable Mention in Mixed Media; Honorable Mention in Drawing, Wake County Visual Artist Exhibition, Raleigh, NC 1982 Atlantic Christian College Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Wilson, NC 1982 Solo Exhibition, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC 1981 Durham Arts Council Competition, Durham, NC East Carolina University Alumnus Invitational Exhibition, Greenville, NC 1981 Wake County Visual Artist Exhibition, Raleigh, NC 1979 North Carolina Museum of Art Artist Annual Exhibition and Traveling Exhibition, Raleigh, NC North Carolina State Fair Competition, Raleigh, NC, First Place and Honorable Mention 1978 Solo Exhibition, Hines Gallery, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC PUBLICATIONS Dunning, Robert, Undergraduate Research in the Fine Arts, The UNC-Asheville Curriculum. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, (March 1994) 136-137. Citation: Dr. Ronald Dotterer, "Student-Faculty Collaboration, Undergraduate Research, and Collaboration as an Administrative Model," Scholarship in the Twenty-first Century (Kenneth Zahorski, ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2002. BIBLIOGRAPHY Carolina Home and Garden, The Thick of it, Summer 2010 issue, 33-39. Asheville Citizen Times Arts, Children Stoke Dunning s Creativity, Sunday, November 16, 2008. 2000-2001 Western North Carolina Endings and Beginnings Millennial Exhibition Catalog: Page: 8-9. Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. Guest Curator: Matthew Drutt, Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Asheville Citizen Times Arts. Endings and Beginnings Exhibit Showcases Contemporary Visual art by WNC artists. Sunday, December 10, 2000. Asheville Citizen Times. Teachers show their talents. Sunday, September 6, 1998.
Spectator. Durham Art Guild's 41st Annual Juried Show. December 6, 1995. Savannah News-Press. A Strange Walk: Recent Constructions, an exhibit of Artworks by Robert Dunning. Sunday, August 7, 1994. Fayetteville Observer / Times. Works of Three Unique Artists Featured at Fayetteville Museum. Sunday, June 27, 1993. Calendar News July, August, September. Fayetteville Museum of Art, 1993. Asheville Citizen-Times. Journeys to the Interior Realm. Sunday, September 20, 1992. Artpapers. Tri-State Sculptors' Guild, (July August 1990): p.57. North Carolina Arts Journal. Animals in Flight. (Oct. 1989): p.23.